Well we had to get off because the boat needed to get some petrol, so we stopped for the first time, after eight or ten days, in Halifax. Then we went to- What's Newfoundland in French?
New?
Newfoundland. Terre-Neuve! And then at St John's, so at St John's of Newfoundland to get some petrol. Afterwards we stopped for a week to film the Morue-Joyeuses shots in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. Afterwards we went back up to Newfoundland to get more petrol, and then we came back, so that lasted- Meaning that we stayed on the boat for- The filming on the boat lasted seven weeks, including one week in Saint-Pierre, and the rest of the time- so we spent six weeks on the boat.
And how did the actors react to that sort of situation?
The actors were fine with it. So- In the end, as I was saying yesterday, when you're scared or have seasickness; when you have things to do you don't get seasick. So when they had- So they were taking- At the time we had taken pills which were apparently used by the people at NASA to- It was something that in fact we struggled to get, which was called Marzine. So naturally imagine the grips and the electricians, since the actors were taking that, they'd say- Here come the Marzine guys. They were obviously loud mouths. But it went very well with the actors. So obviously they were forced, they couldn't kid around too much, because we were on top of each other. Well they had cabins or- No they had cabins or they were lodged with an officer, they shared their cabins.

French cinematographer, Raoul Coutard (1924-2016) was twice nominated for the César Award for best cinematography which he won in 1978 for 'Le Crabe-tambour'. He made over 75 films and documentaries, including 'À Bout de Souffle', Le Mépris' and 'Band à Part'. He was the most acclaimed French cinematographer of his generation and one of the key figures of the New Wave.

Benard Cohn is a French filmmaker and writer, who has directed five films as well as numerous documentaries and television series. As an assistant director, he worked with many important filmmakers, including Luis Buñuel, François Jacob, Otto Preminger and Woody Allen. He was a founding member of the Ciné-Qua-Non cinema club and has acted as editor and translator for various publications on the world of cinema.